Monday, December 14, 2009

Daydream Summer House



This is my crazy daydream of a summer home. I really love treehouses and have always liked the idea of living in one. And I really love platform tents and find them the ideal summer accommodation. So I would like to figure out a way to put a platform tent in a tree- preferably hung with cables so as to not hurt my arboreal neighbors. It would be a modified design, of course, with a wrap around porch and full or queen sized bed and other small luxuries. I fully realize this is pretty darn impractical. But wouldn't that be amazing? Bedroom in the sky, open to the breeze and protected from the rain...

And yes, I did watch Swiss Family Robinson a few too many times as a child, and read the book. The lack of political correctness annoyed me, but man those people could build!

Oh, and it's reached via spiral staircase- carefully constructed around the trunk of a large tree. There would also be a pulley system/primitive dumbwaiter for getting objects like luggage up and down from the bedroom. And you might notice there are two dressers in the sketch- in this daydream there is indeed a romantic partner sharing the space with me. I figured she would want a dresser of her own. The coat rack would be for raincoats and summer dresses and things that don't like living in drawers. I haven't figured out precisely how the hammock would be hung, only that it would be a necessity for any daydream summer house.

Also, I would build a pavilion overlooking a stream to act as the kitchen space/living room/dining area- a short walk away from the treehouse. And we would have a bathroom, of course, with outdoor showers and eco-friendly compost toilets. They don't smell nearly as bad as you think they do, I promise. And there would be a boathouse, with kayaks and an aluminum canoe and perhaps a small sailboat.

Yes I was a camp counselor, why do you ask?

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